Word: aid
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...said. "I have spent the last year trying to understand how I veered off course." Boesky's lawyer pointed out that the defendant has been pursuing rabbinical studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, near Columbia University, and working under an assumed name at a project to aid the homeless run by Manhattan's Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. Lasker praised Boesky for his "remarkable cooperation" with authorities but indicated that a jail term of more than six months was unavoidable because his crimes have aroused the "passions of public opinion...
...should improve the public school system by opening it up to competition," said DuPont. "Give families a choice of where to send their kids." He also said his father supports a system of federal aid to college students under which "anyone could borrow the money to go wherever they want...
...Political Affairs. U.S. negotiators fear, however, that a deal will falter because of two Soviet preconditions for withdrawal: the formation of an interim government that includes Najibullah's People's Democratic Party, and the end of U.S., Chinese and other foreign military support of the rebel mujahedin. U.S. aid alone has been estimated at $600 million a year...
That was the dominant view in Washington. Hours after Namphy disbanded the electoral council, the Reagan Administration suspended $62 million in economic aid to Haiti and shelved a pending $4 million military allocation. Reeling from the crushing setback to U.S. policy, the Administration also urged that new elections be held quickly and that those responsible for the violence be prosecuted. Still, the Administration was careful not to accuse the Namphy government publicly of subverting the elections...
...White House appears reluctant to get directly involved in Haiti. While the Reagan Administration continues to seek aid for the contra rebels in Nicaragua in the name of restoring democracy, it does not want to intervene militarily in Haiti for a similar purpose. After suspending U.S. economic aid last week, senior Administration officials said direct military action would be premature and would be opposed by neighboring countries...